On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect.
On Aug. 26, 1906, Albert Sabin, the Polish-American doctor who developed the polio vaccine, was born. Following his death on March 3, 1993, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1847 | Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic. |
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| 1910 | Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia. |
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| 1939 | Major league baseball was televised for the first time when experimental station W2XBS broadcast a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. |
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| 1957 | The Soviet Union announced that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. |
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| 1961 | The Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto. |
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| 1964 | President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J. |
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| 1974 | Aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh died at age 72. |
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| 1978 | Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name John Paul I. |
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| 1986 | In the so-called "preppie murder case," 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York's Central Park. (Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 15 years in prison.) |
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| 2003 | Investigators concluded that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft did. |
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Current Birthdays
Actor Chris Pine ("Star Trek") turns 31 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
R&B singer Cassie turns 25 years old today.
AP Photo/Jason DeCrow
| 1921 | Ben Bradlee, Former Washington Post executive editor, turns 90 |
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| 1933 | Ben J. Wattenberg, Author, turns 78 |
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| 1934 | Tom Heinsohn, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 77 |
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| 1945 | Tom Ridge, Former director of homeland security, turns 66 |
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| 1946 | Valerie Simpson, R&B singer (Ashford and Simpson), turns 65 |
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| 1960 | Branford Marsalis, Jazz saxophonist, turns 51 |
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| 1965 | Chris Burke, Actor ("Life Goes On"), turns 46 |
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| 1969 | Adrian Young, Rock musician (No Doubt), turns 42 |
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| 1970 | Melissa McCarthy, Actress ("Gilmore Girls"), turns 41 |
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| 1971 | Thalia, Singer, actress, turns 40 |
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| 1979 | Jamal Lewis, Football player, turns 32 |
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| 1980 | Macaulay Culkin, Actor ("Home Alone"), turns 31 |
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| 1993 | Keke Palmer, Actress, turns 18 |
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Historic Birthdays
Albert Sabin8/26/1906 - 3/3/1993Polish-born American microbiologist; developed oral polio vaccine.Go to obituary »
| 68 | Robert Walpole 8/26/1676 - 3/18/1745
British prime minister (1721-42) |
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| 49 | Johann Heinrich Lambert 8/26/1728 - 9/25/1777
Swiss mathematician, scientist and philosopher |
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| 69 | Joseph-Michel Montgolfier 8/26/1740 - 6/26/1810
French inventor; helped build first hot-air balloon |
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| 50 | Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier 8/26/1743 - 5/8/1794
French scientist |
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| 42 | Albert 8/26/1819 - 12/14/1861
German-born prince consort of Queen Victoria |
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| 87 | Lee De Forest 8/26/1873 - 6/30/1961
American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
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| 86 | Jules Romains 8/26/1885 - 8/14/1972
French novelist, dramatist and poet |
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| 98 | Jerome Hunsaker 8/26/1886 - 9/10/1984
American aeronautical engineer |
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| 81 | Peggy Guggenheim 8/26/1898 - 12/23/1979
American art collector and patron |
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| 85 | Maxwell Taylor 8/26/1901 - 4/19/1987
American army officer in World War II |
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| 81 | Christopher Isherwood 8/26/1904 - 1/4/1986
English-born novelist and playwright |
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